On November 17, 2022, at 2 p.m. EST, the Legal Research Institute of the Law Library of Congress will present the latest installment in its Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series. The webinar will provide an overview of recently published Law Library research reports, covering timely topics such as Investment Migration Programs of Visa Waiver Program …
Join us for the 2022 Frederic R. and Molly S. Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence! Dr. Jeffrey Stout will be the featured speaker of the event on October 27th from 3:30 – 5 p.m. EDT. His lecture will be titled, “The Tree of Democratic Liberty.” As Dr. Stout explains: At a time when the United …
A search of legal reports produced by the Law Library of Congress has identified multiple reports on gun laws around the world. The reports date back to the early 1960s, reflecting the interest in the topics of “firearms” OR “weapons” OR “gun control” OR “weapons industry” by Law Library of Congress patrons over the years. …
The following is a guest post by Eduardo Soares, a senior foreign law specialist from Brazil who covers Portuguese-speaking jurisdictions, and Elizabeth Marin, an intern working with Eduardo in the Global Legal Research Directorate at the Law Library of Congress. The Law Library recently published a report titled Civic Space Legal Framework that provides information on …
The following is a guest post by Clare Feikert-Ahalt, a senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress covering the United Kingdom and several other jurisdictions. Clare has written numerous posts for In Custodia Legis, including Revealing the Presences of Ghosts; Weird Laws, or Urban Legends?; FALQs: Brexit Referendum; and 100 Years of “Poppy Day” in the …
This is a guest post by Elizabeth Boomer, an international law consultant in the Global Legal Research Directorate. Elizabeth has previously written for In Custodia Legis on numerous topics, including Technology & the Law of Corporate Responsibility – The Impact of Blockchain, 30th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, United Nations Day – …
We recently published a report on the Recognition of Foreign Passports on our website. The report, produced by specialists and analysts of the Global Legal Research Directorate, surveys 20 jurisdictions around the world as well as international law, and focuses on the rules and approaches for recognizing foreign passports. In addition, the report covers the …